According to Google Maps: Gridley, CA to St. Louis, MO 1,982 miles Gridley, CA to Ft. Collins, CO 1,111 miles Gridley, CA to Beaumont, TX 2,072 miles Gridley, CA to Springfield, OH 2,325 miles Drove the first three with dogs. If dogs go this year, will probably drive. I don't think future Nationals are going to be easy on any of us. Shirley Gridley, CA (about 60 miles north of Sacramento) Cinosam GSD wrote: > The Central National last year was 1200 miles from me...and I'm Centrally > located. I think we need to get away from the notion of EAST - WEST - > CENTRAL....because quite frankly.....it's the state you live, not the region > it's held in, that determines how close you are to the National. > Cindy > www.cinosamgsd.com > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================